SITUATION ETHICSA blip or a trend?http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/31/113334/056For the first time in five months, month-to-month deaths in Iraq have increased. . . .Separatism in Iraq – it’s inevitable, isn’t it?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/world/middleeast/01kurds.htmlAs a minority group in Iraq, the Kurds have enjoyed disproportionate influence in the country’s politics since the